Photographer, naturalist, and Conservation Northwest development director Paul Bannick presents stunning images from his new bird book, "The Owl and the Woodpecker," published by The Mountaineers Books.

Every wild place and urban area in North America hosts an owl or a woodpecker species, while healthy natural places often boast representatives of both. The diversity of these two families of birds, and the ways in which they define and enrich the ecosystems they inhabit, are the subject of this vivid new book. Paul Bannick will sign copies following the presentation.

Sponsored by the North Cascades Institute. Co-hosts are the Whatcom Museum of History and Art and Conservation Northwest.

The event is FREE and open to the public.